Assaulting

Synonyms for "assaulting" (25 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(5 words)

aggressive assault attack attacking battery

Strong matches (8)

Noun(7 words)

beat bombard breach chargecriminal chargeintense inundate

driving

Related words (12)

invasive irruptive

Noun(9 words)

offense overwhelm overwhelming press pummel storm storming strike violent

Verb(1 words)

sallied

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries

attackcriminal chargecriminal offensedescriptormilitary actionmodifier offense perceptionviolent act

More specific

16 entries

aggravated assaultbeat chargedomestic assaultfelonious assaultintense scrutinykick overstimulate overwhelmphysical assaultpummelsimple assaultstorming strikeunrelenting pressureverbal assault

Collocations

18 entries

accused of assaultingact of assaultingarmed assaultassault chargeassault victimassault weaponassaulting behaviorassaulting demandsassaulting forceassaulting remarksassaulting rhetoricassaulting windscase of assaultingcharge of assaultinghistory of assaultingphysical assault

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Inflections

5 entries

assaulted assaultings assaultsmore assaultingmost assaulting

Derivations

4 entries

assault assaulter assaultive assaultively

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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The bouncer was accused of assaulting a drunken patron.

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I shot him in the leg to prevent him from assaulting me.

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